Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 20, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Under Secretary for Management to:

• designate an individual within DHS to manage DHS acquisition innovation efforts,
• test emerging acquisition best practicess,
• develop and distribute best practices and lessons learned regarding acquisition innovations,
• establish metrics to measure the effectiveness of acquisition innovation efforts, and
• determine impacts of acquisition innovation efforts on the private sector by obtaining feedback from it and incorporating such feedback into future acquisition innovation efforts.

The bill requires DHS, by 90 days after it submits the annual budget justification for DHS for each of FY2018-FY2022, to provide information to specified congressional committees on:

• emerging acquisition best practices that were tested within DHS,
• efforts to distribute best practices and lessons learned within DHS,
• utilization of best practices by DHS components,
• performance as measured by the metrics established under this bill,
• outcomes of efforts to distribute best practices and lessons learned within DHS,
• impacts of the utilization of innovative acquisition mechanisms by DHS on the private sector,
• the criteria used to identify specific acquisition programs or activities to be included in acquisition innovation efforts and the outcomes of such programs or activities, and
• recommendations to enhance acquisition innovation in DHS.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1365 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1365

     To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain 
            acquisition innovation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2017

Mr. Correa (for himself and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                                Security

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain 
            acquisition innovation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland Security 
Acquisition Innovation Act''.

SEC. 2. ACQUISITION INNOVATION.

    (a) In General.--Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 710. ACQUISITION INNOVATION.

    ``The Under Secretary for Management may--
            ``(1) designate an individual within the Department to 
        manage acquisition innovation efforts of the Department;
            ``(2) test emerging acquisition best practices to carrying 
        out acquisitions, consistent with the Federal Acquisition 
        Regulation and Department acquisition management directives, as 
        appropriate;
            ``(3) develop and distribute best practices and lessons 
        learned regarding acquisition innovation throughout the 
        Department; and
            ``(4) establish metrics to measure the effectiveness of 
        acquisition innovation efforts with respect to cost, 
        operational efficiency of the acquisition program (including 
        timeframe for executing contracts), and collaboration with the 
        private sector, including small businesses.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 709 the following new item:

``Sec. 710. Acquisition innovation.''.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which the 
Secretary of Homeland Security submits the annual budget justification 
for the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary shall, if 
appropriate, submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the activities 
undertaken in the previous fiscal year in furtherance of section 710 of 
the Homeland Security Act, as added by subsection (a) of this Act. Each 
such report shall include information on the following:
            (1) Emerging acquisition best practices that were tested 
        within the Department during such year.
            (2) Efforts to distribute best practices and lessons 
        learned within the Department, including through web-based 
        seminars, training, and forums, during such year.
            (3) Utilization by components throughout the Department of 
        best practices distributed by the Under Secretary of Management 
        pursuant to paragraph (3) of such section 710.
            (4) Performance as measured by the metrics established 
        under paragraph (4) of such section 710.
            (5) Any impacts of the utilization of innovative 
        acquisition mechanism by the Department on small businesses.
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